Sell It Or Shelve It Dept.

This past week I had a conversation with a fellow writer dealing with two classes of advice he receives. I don't have a name yet for the second class of advice, but the first class earned a label immediately: Sell It Or Shelve It.

The folks of the SIOSI mentality tend to speak like they just fell out, fully formed, from between the pages of a book namedWrite That Damn Novel In 30 Days Or Go Get A Day Job, Loser!1Their advice is entirely workmanlike and practical, to a fault: explain everythin...